Stylus nibs for providing a pen-and-paper feel for use with a tablet-and-stylus computer
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBin An, Vincent Jesus
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Abstract
A nib for a stylus for use with a tablet and stylus computer. The nib provides a desired amount of firmness and friction between the stylus and a writing surface of the tablet and stylus computer. A nib substrate material approximates a desired nib-and-writing-surface firmness and a desired amount of friction between the nib and the writing surface. A secondary material is optionally added to the nib substrate material to alter the amount of friction between the stylus nib and the writing surface.
Claims35
A method for designing a nib for a stylus for use with a computer having a writing surface to provide a desired amount of firmness and friction between the stylus and the writing surface of the computer, the method comprising steps of:
- selecting a desired firmness of a combination of the nib and the writing surface;
- selecting a nib substrate material that approximates the selected desired firmness;
- selecting a desired amount of friction between the nib and the writing surface;
- determining whether a secondary material should be added to the nib substrate material for producing the selected desired amount of friction between the nib and the writing surface;
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- adding the secondary material to the nib substrate when the secondary material should be added to the nib substrate material for producing the selected desired amount of friction between the nib and the writing surface.
A nib for a stylus for use with a computer having a writing surface for providing a desired amount of firmness and friction between the stylus and the writing surface, the nib comprising:
- a nib substrate material that approximates the desired nib-and-writing-surface firmness;
- and
- a secondary material added to the nib substrate material to produce the desired amount of friction between the nib and the writing surface.
A nib for a stylus for use with a computer having a writing surface comprising means for providing an amount of firmness and an amount of friction between the stylus and the writing surface that approximates corresponding amounts of firmness and friction associated with writing with a pen on paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.